Combined junction-box and cut-out and switch-support.



W. J. GIBBONS. COMBINED J UNCTlON BOX AND CUT--OUTl AND SWITCH SUPPORT. APPLIOATION rxnnn JUNE a. 1909..

967,632, Patented Aug.'16, 1910.

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OMBENED JUNCTION-BOX AND CUT-OUT .AND SWITCH-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

Application filed June 2, 1909. Serial No. 499,767.

To all whom it 'may concern:

' Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. Ginnons, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Junction-30x and Cut-Out and Switch-Support, of `which the following is a specification.

My nventionrelates to combined junction boxes and cut-outs and switch supports, andV it has for its object to provide a construction in which the junction box, the cut-out and the switch are snpportedupon a single base.

Other objects and advantages of my construction will appear from the detailed description of my `invention which follows.

A convenient embodiment of my invention is illustratedin the accompanying drawings forming a part of my specification, but it 'f will be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction within the scope of my claims without departing from my invention.

In the drawings Figure l is a front elevation of a junction box, cutouts and switch embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal se'ction on the line 2N2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig.1; and Fig'. 4 is a side elevation of a removable wall of the junction box.

In the drawings 1 vdesirbrnates the base which consists of a single non-conducting member, such, for instance7 as porcelain. The upper end of the member 1 is provided with a reduced end portion 2 which 1s adapted to project into a reducing socket or fittingr 3 which is secured to the lower end of a pipe or tube 4 through which the electrical wires vertend into the junction box 5 formed at one end ot the base 1. The junction box5 is provided with a removable cover,6 and with a removable wall 7. Theupper edges of the walls of the junction box including the removable wall G are rabbeted as indicated at 8 to form a scat for the cover 6 so' as to brmg 1t flush wlth theupper edges ot" with a tongue 16 which is adapted to enter a groove 17 formed in the base 1.

Recesses 20 are provided in the base 1 for the reception ot sockets 21 in which cutout plugs 25 are located.A The sockets 21 are secured in the recesses by means of screws which are connected to conducting plates 31 upon the under 'side ofthe base 1. The said plates 31 are also connected by means of screws 32 to contact members 33 upon the frontface of the base` which are adapted to be engaged by a knife switch 35 pivotcd to posts 3G. The wires which are extended into the junction box from the pipe or tube et are connected to binding posts 38.

The connections and passage of the circuit from the binding posts 38 to and through the switch 35 will not be traced or pointed out, for the reason that I do not claim'anything new or novel in connection with the circuit through these members.

It is not necessary that there shall be a close fit between the reduced end` portion 2 and the reducing socket 3, by reason of which the socket or part` 3 may be made of reduced end portions of varying sizes.

sufficient size to accommodate deviceshaving The recesses formed to receive tue sockets f in connecting or joining the Wires to the4 binding posts 38. -By constructin the box with the removable side or wall 7 am enabled to locate the cut-out plugs nearer to said junction box than otherwise would be the case. Furthermore, by removing the wall 7 the ends of the wires' projecting from the pipe 4: may be carried more readily to the binding posts 38 than if it were necessary to pass the wires through holes formed in anon-removable wall adjacent to the said binding posts.

It will be noted that the holes through the lower wall of the junction box are r0- vided Vby removing semi-circular portions from the removable wall 7, as indicated at 40, and from the base l, as indicated at 41.

Having thus described my invention, I.

adapted to support an electric switch and reception of cut-out devices and a junction box formed integrally with the said base which box is situated in operative relation to the said receptacles for the cut-out devices and the said base having a reduced end portion, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a junction box and cut-out devices having a common base, the said yjunction box having a removable cover and the wall of the said junction box nearet to the said cut-out devices being remova le.

4. A device of the character described comprising a base of insulating material adapted to support an electricswitch and also adapted to support cut-out devices, and the said base having a junction box integral therewith, which junction box is located in proximity to the said cut-out devices, and the said base having a reduced end ortion having an opening therethrough Whic coinmunicates with the said junction box.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have hereunto signed my name this 29th day of May, A. D. 1909.

WILLIAM J. GIBBONS.

In the Jpresence of* S. bALoMn BROOKE, CYRUS N. ANDERsoN. 

